Building bricks was a technical job that the apprentices couldn't do, so the teacher had to do it himself.
There was a reason why he had to work so hard. Although the golden ratio of magic bricks should be the most ideal material for today's construction, the Tower of the Great Sage was a product from a thousand years ago. The people of that era weren't very particular in this aspect and made different parts of the structure with different sizes of bricks, which would be a headache for those who wanted to restore it later.
The only good thing was that the magic bricks that Lin asked the two girls to make were smaller in size than the antique bricks from a thousand years ago, no matter which part it was. There was no requirement to restore old things in the Lost Earth World, so the small size was easy to fill in the gaps. However, in the end, there would always be some small gaps that didn't fit the size of the bricks. If the two girls were doing homework at this time, they would come to ask for instructions.
It took time to listen to the actual situation, come up with a way to fill in the gaps, and then explain to the two girls until they understood. Even though he told them to do it according to the rules, the two girls still asked about everything. As for the reason behind it, it was unknown whether they really didn't understand or they just couldn't stand someone being lazy and pretending not to understand. After going back and forth, Lin found that he was faster.
It was because someone didn't have the awareness of a teacher and didn't act like a teacher normally. Only when he wanted to be lazy would he pretend to be serious and say something that wasn't a reason. After a few times of slacking, his tricks were seen through, and he couldn't put on airs anymore. So Lin could only rub his nose and join the ranks of the labor.
Anyway, with the speed of the two apprentices, it would take a lot of time just to make new magic bricks with the waste materials. The overall efficiency of the construction increased a lot when someone joined in.
After a few days of hard work, the supplies were about to run out. The caravan that they had agreed to when they left the association hadn't arrived yet, so Lin had to ask his apprentices to buy some food from a nearby village.
That's right! In the territory under the jurisdiction of the Tower of the Great Sage, there was a human village. According to the common law in the Lost Earth World, a village or town within a certain territory was under the jurisdiction of that territory and had various obligations. In fact, the people in the Lost Earth World were completely different from the ancient times on Earth. Whether it was Europe in the Middle Ages or China before modern times, they were subservient to nobles and scholars.
Due to the threat of wild magical beasts and uncivilized races, the martial prowess of the people was rather strong. Other than the warriors, mercenaries, and mages who roamed the continent in the name of adventurers, most of the villagers, regardless of their gender, were qualified soldiers as long as they wore leather armor and picked up a sword.
After all, without such strength, it was impossible to protect oneself outside the city walls. Although the nobles had the responsibility to guard their land, it did not mean that the commoners would be protected by the nobles at the first moment of danger. Most of the time, they had to pray for their own good and take up arms to defend their lives and property.
This was also the reason why the people of the Maze World were so valiant. The duty of a feudal lord was to prepare the army and participate in the war, while the duty of a feudal lord was to manage and mediate disputes. Taxes, enlistment in the army, labor, and so on, the people of the territory had to approve of the lord before they were willing to cooperate.
If a feudal lord wanted to bully the people or use the nobles' armed forces to force the people to obey and collect wealth, once the name of the Evil Lord spread out, it would only attract some Justice Devils on Earth, such as physical search, cyber-bullying, and so on. At most, it would be spitting in the face.
The problem was that the Justice Devils in the Lost Earth World would really greet the feudal lord with a sword and then chop off the head of the Evil Lord. Then, the bards would add another story of chivalry to the story.
There were even some small feudal lords who were conferred titles in remote areas who went to take office with three to five attendants. Before they could enjoy the power of the nobles, they would be buried deep in the mountains and forests by the local people.
If the central government of the country sent an army to investigate, most of the people would say, "The new feudal lord thought he was very powerful and ran into the forest to hunt magical beasts, but in the end, he didn't come back." There was no way to verify this, but it was so reasonable that people couldn't find fault with it. Simply put, the barren mountains and turbulent rivers raised unruly people.
To put it more bluntly, such a group of unruly people lived in the village under the jurisdiction of the Tower of the Great Sage.
The Lost Earth World was vast but sparsely populated. Human beings were a kind of wealth. When human beings developed wastelands, it not only represented the expansion of civilization but also the reduction of magical beasts and other dangers. Therefore, the destruction of a village for no reason would attract the attention of the high-level authorities in the Lost Earth World, and it wouldn't be a good thing for the initiator. Needless to say, the messengers of "justice" who were among the people.
Since the magic tower was the most powerful strategic weapon, the light bomb attack magic array wouldn't be of any use, because it would be a massacre if it was used. Since they couldn't kill people casually, they could only win the trust of the people through conciliation. Conciliation required a powerful background, political support, and most importantly, benefits. Why would a sorcerer who had so many advantages be reduced to being a Tower Master here?
Lin remembered the rumors that he heard before he set off. The previous Tower Masters didn't care about the village at all, and the last Tower Master even abandoned the tower and fled. Before he set off, Lin decided to continue the previous Tower Master's behavior and continue to ignore the human settlement.
In the environmental assessment of the Tower of the Great Sage, the level of trouble was rated as above average, and the contribution of the village couldn't be ignored.
Now that he was forced to deal with the village for food, it was impossible for Lin not to be worried. However, he wasn't the one who personally came forward to negotiate. Instead, he sent the eloquent Halloumi, who also brought money to buy food. Since the girl was so cute, it shouldn't be a big problem, right? Lin thought to himself. Maybe he was sending a lamb to the tiger's mouth.
In any case, he just had to wait for the results.
The remaining master and disciple duo became much quieter because of the absence of the most outgoing and cheerful girl. Kaya didn't like to talk, and Lin, the former fat otaku, was also the type who wasn't good at chatting. Suddenly, someone was missing in their lives. Both of them became lazy, and even their work efficiency dropped a lot.
Then, when they still didn't see a trace of the person on the estimated return journey, they became more and more worried. Lin warned himself not to be impulsive. Maybe the girl was playful by nature and delayed on the way.
At dusk, the master and apprentice sitting at the entrance of the magic tower saw someone crying out of the woods. Was it anger? Or was it relief? Lin's heart was filled with mixed feelings. What he had hoped wouldn't happen had happened. Although it wasn't the worst situation, the village under his rule had made its attitude clear. The next step would be very important.
The crying girl returned to her master's side, looking very pathetic. Her clothes were tattered, and there were many bruises and sword wounds on her body. Her face was also disfigured, and her legs under her skirt were stained red and white. After Halumi went to the village, it was clear what kind of treatment she had received. Of course, the money bag and a few low-grade magic accessories on her body were also gone.
Lin comforted the girl. He didn't have to ask what had happened right away. He just told Kaya to prepare a bath. At this time, washing her body and soaking herself in hot water would help her calm down.
Lin closed the door of the magic tower and walked into the forest to look for herbs for external injuries and ingredients for dinner. At the same time, he thought about the next step.
The sky was dark, and the moon was rising in the east. The sun and moon in the Lost Earth rose in the east and set in the west. Lin was also quite surprised when he first came here. When he saw that there were two moons in the sky, he was even more surprised. But twelve years was enough for him to get used to it. He looked at the moon. The only difference today was that there was smoke rising not far away. That was the location of the village.
Should he rush over and start a massacre?
From Halumi's miserable state, it could be seen that they had the means to control magicians. Although they could deal with magic apprentices, they might not be able to deal with real magicians. But this was not a reason for Lin to not go and find the culprit. After all, allowing someone to do violence to an apprentice of the tower master, to a certain extent, this represented the attitude of the entire village.
If he went to someone else's territory and started a punitive expedition, it would not end well. And if he wanted to swallow his anger and settle the matter peacefully, it would depend on whether the other party was willing to do so.
Thinking about the rumors of the former tower master abandoning the tower, the reason behind it was not just that the village had taken over the nearby resources. The main reason was that after hunting magic beasts, the fur and bones that could be used to refine magic potions were all controlled by the people in the village. This made the Tower of the Great Sage's meager income become nothing.
Not to mention that the village had not paid taxes for quite a long time. It was not under the jurisdiction of the kingdom, and the Magic Tower could not do anything about it. It was like an uncivilized place.
The worst was that the former tower master was forced to refine magic potions and tan the fur of magic beasts. All of his income was also taken over by the village. Even the fixed monthly allowance that he received from the Association as a magician was used for his miserable life of unpaid labor. No wonder he ran away in the middle of the night and went straight to the east of the continent, under another branch of the Association.
The Association of the Magic Tower in this area only discovered this exaggerated fact after they found out that the magician who was registered as the tower master had run to another branch to register. The seal on the tower today was put on by a small team of inspectors who also brought back the abandoned Magic Tower log.
As for the ordinary people in the village, after they found out that the Tower of the Great Sage had become an ownerless object, they did not dare to continue using the facilities in the tower. As inspectors, the mages had the permission to kill. Embezzlement of the Association's registered property was a matter of killing first and asking questions later.
Anyway, the physical death in the Maze World was not real death. Imprisoning souls and playing all kinds of tricks were also the mages' forte.
However, Marco Lin did not want to muddle along to that realm. Since the people in this village seemed to be planning to find another unlucky person to do their labor, and also to show off their power. How to deal with it became a problem that Lin Li could not avoid and could not avoid.
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